Patents by Inventor Hidekazu Kano

Hidekazu Kano has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 12339179
    Abstract: An electronic device that includes: an operation panel having an upper main surface and a lower main surface; a buffer member that has an upper main surface and a lower main surface, and is fixed to the lower main surface of the operation panel; a plate-shaped member that has an upper main surface and a lower main surface, and is fixed to the lower main surface of the buffer member; and a sensor that is fixed to the lower main surface of the plate-shaped member and detects deformation of the operation panel. A value of a product of a Young's modulus of the plate-shaped member and a cube of a thickness of the plate-shaped member is 1.6×10?3 N·m to 1.6 N·m.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kitada, Hidekazu Kano
  • Publication number: 20250135405
    Abstract: A high-quality microporous hollow fiber membrane having high gas permeability, gas selectivity, and strength. A microporous hollow fiber membrane, having a carbon dioxide gas flux of 10×10?5 to 200×10?5 (cm3(STP)/cm2/sec/cmHg), a value (carbon dioxide gas flux/nitrogen gas flux) obtained by dividing a value of a carbon dioxide gas flux by a value of a nitrogen gas flux (cm3(STP)/cm2/sec/cmHg) of 1.3 or more, and a tensile strength of 0.5 cN/dtex or more.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Shingo Takechi, Hiroo Katsuta, Hidekazu Kano, Masaki Fujita
  • Publication number: 20250008670
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a battery having a first and second main surface arranged in a Z-axis direction, a rigid body facing the first main surface, and a sensor that is attached to the rigid body and detects elastic deformation of the rigid body generated when force is applied to the rigid body. The sensor does not overlap the battery when viewed in the Z-axis direction, and a first waveform of a signal output from the sensor when force of a first pattern is applied to the rigid body in a state where the first main surface is in contact with the rigid body is different from a second waveform of a signal output from the sensor when the force of the first pattern is applied to the rigid body in a state where the first main surface is not in contact with the rigid body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventor: Hidekazu KANO
  • Patent number: 12180618
    Abstract: A dyeable polyolefin fiber is a polymer alloy fiber having a sea-island structure in which the sea ingredient comprises a polyolefin (A) and the island ingredient comprises a polyester (B), the fiber having a degree of elongation of 10-80%. The polyester (B) in the dyeable polyolefin fiber has an orientation parameter, as determined by Raman spectroscopy, of 1.1-10.0. The dyeable polyolefin fiber is a highly lightweight polyolefin fiber capable of being brightly and deeply colored, is excellent in terms of color fastness and evenness in dyeing, and is suitable for use as a fibrous structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Toray Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kano, Masashi Nagao, Katsuhiko Mochizuki
  • Publication number: 20240385061
    Abstract: An electronic device that includes: an operation panel having an upper main surface and a lower main surface; a buffer member that has an upper main surface and a lower main surface, and is fixed to the lower main surface of the operation panel; a plate-shaped member that has an upper main surface and a lower main surface, and is fixed to the lower main surface of the buffer member; and a sensor that is fixed to the lower main surface of the plate-shaped member and detects deformation of the operation panel. A value of a product of a Young's modulus of the plate-shaped member and a cube of a thickness of the plate-shaped member is 1.6×10?3 N·m to 1.6 N·m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2024
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroaki KITADA, Hidekazu KANO
  • Publication number: 20240381543
    Abstract: An electronic device that includes: an operation panel having a first upper main surface and a first lower main surface that are arranged in a vertical direction such that a part of a body of a user or an operation member is capable of contacting the first upper main surface; a sensor fixed to the first lower main surface and constructed to detect deformation of the operation panel; and an adhesive member fixing the sensor to the first lower main surface. The adhesive member has a Young's modulus of 0.9 MPa to 10 MPa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Hiroaki KITADA, Hidekazu KANO
  • Patent number: 11989479
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided that includes a first display unit including a first display; a second display unit including a second display disposed on a side of the first display and being rotatable with respect to the first display unit about a rotation axis extending in a front-rear direction such that an angle formed by the first and displays change; an angle and angular velocity acquisition unit that acquires the angle formed by the first and second displays and angular velocity of the angle; and a control unit that, when a user rotates the second display unit with respect to the first display unit, determines whether a horizontal direction of a video to be displayed on the first and second displays is made to match a vertical direction or a left-right direction based on the angle and the angular velocity acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kano, Yoshihiko Nishizawa, Kentaro Usui
  • Patent number: 11983367
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided in which a capacitance of a capacitor that is formed between one or more reference second touch sensor electrodes and at least one first touch sensor electrodes is defined as a first reference capacitance with the capacitor formed when the touch sensor is folded along a folding line. Moreover, a capacitance of a capacitor formed between a left second touch sensor electrode and at least one of the plurality of first touch sensor electrodes is defined as a left capacitance. Furthermore, a capacitance of a capacitor formed between a right second touch sensor electrode and at least one of the plurality of first touch sensor electrodes is defined as a right capacitance. Using these capacitances, a determining unit of the electronic device can determine that a touch sensor is folded if both the left and the right capacitances are greater than the first reference capacitance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kano, Hiroaki Kitada
  • Patent number: 11847289
    Abstract: A pressing sensor is provided that generates an output voltage of a first polarity by deforming with an operation plate when a part of a user's body touches the operation plate, and generates the output voltage of a second polarity by deforming with the operation plate when the part of the user's body is moved away from the operation plate. Moreover, a calculation unit calculates an electrical parameter integral value by time-integrating an electrical parameter that changes with the output voltage generated by the pressing sensor. The electrical parameter has a third polarity when the output voltage has the first polarity and has a fourth polarity when the output voltage has the second polarity. The calculation unit calculates a subtraction electrical parameter integral value obtained by subtracting a predetermined value having the third polarity per unit time from the electrical parameter integral value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Masamichi Ando, Takashi Kihara, Hidekazu Kano, Yuuki Tachibana
  • Publication number: 20230323572
    Abstract: A conductive fiber includes a metal layer on a fiber surface, having an average number of crimps of 2 crimps/cm or more, a volume resistivity of 2×10?6 ?·cm to 1×10?2 ?·cm, and a total fineness of 10 dtex to 1000 dtex, and having an average single-fiber diameter of 5 ?m to 20 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Hiroo Katsuta, Masafumi Sudo, Shingo Takechi, Hidekazu Kano
  • Patent number: 11556177
    Abstract: A vibration device that includes a vibration unit that has a vibrator which vibrates in a plane direction; and a sensor arranged on at least a portion of the vibration unit around the vibrator in a plan view of the vibration unit, and the sensor is constructed to detect a pressing operation in a direction normal to a pressing surface of the vibration device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Toru Tominaga, Takashi Kihara, Hidekazu Kano, Jun Endo
  • Publication number: 20220408856
    Abstract: To provide a garment which can suppress stuffy feeling and heatful feeling in the garment to keep an environment in the garment comfortable and also has excellent wearing comfort and design so that it can be suitably used in a high temperature and/or high humidity environment and in various wearing scenes requiring comfort such as an office, a home and the like, it is provided that the garment made of a fabric having an air permeability of 50 to 500 cm3/cm2/s includes a blower fan unit and a path forming section for imparting directivity to wind in the garment inside the garment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroo Katsuta, Kirita Sato, Hidekazu Kano, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Kazuya Fujita
  • Publication number: 20220365630
    Abstract: A pressing sensor is provided that generates an output voltage of a first polarity by deforming with an operation plate when a part of a user's body touches the operation plate, and generates the output voltage of a second polarity by deforming with the operation plate when the part of the user's body is moved away from the operation plate. Moreover, a calculation unit calculates an electrical parameter integral value by time-integrating an electrical parameter that changes with the output voltage generated by the pressing sensor. The electrical parameter has a third polarity when the output voltage has the first polarity and has a fourth polarity when the output voltage has the second polarity. The calculation unit calculates a subtraction electrical parameter integral value obtained by subtracting a predetermined value having the third polarity per unit time from the electrical parameter integral value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Masamichi ANDO, Takashi KIHARA, Hidekazu KANO, Yuuki TACHIBANA
  • Publication number: 20220357145
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided that includes a first body, a second body having a structure that rotates with respect to the first body about a central axis, a first sensor that outputs a first detection signal having a first output value indicating that an open angle formed by the first body and the second body is a reference angle, a second sensor that outputs a second detection signal having a second output value that changes under an influence of a change in the open angle, and a control unit that calculates the open angle based on the first detection signal and the second detection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Keisuke NISHIMOTO, Hidekazu KANO, Shiori NAGAMORI
  • Publication number: 20220344572
    Abstract: A deformation detection sensor is provided that includes a detection electrode, a first ground electrode, a piezoelectric film sandwiched between the detection electrode and the first ground electrode, a substrate on which the detection electrode and a second ground electrode are formed, a wiring connected to the detection electrode, and a joint member that joins the wiring and the detection electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Shingo HARADA, Hidekazu KANO, Mei WATANABE, Hiroaki KITADA
  • Publication number: 20220334677
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided in which a capacitance of a capacitor that is formed between one or more reference second touch sensor electrodes and at least one first touch sensor electrodes is defined as a first reference capacitance with the capacitor formed when the touch sensor is folded along a folding line. Moreover, a capacitance of a capacitor formed between a left second touch sensor electrode and at least one of the plurality of first touch sensor electrodes is defined as a left capacitance. Furthermore, a capacitance of a capacitor formed between a right second touch sensor electrode and at least one of the plurality of first touch sensor electrodes is defined as a right capacitance. Using these capacitances, a determining unit of the electronic device can determine that a touch sensor is folded if both the left and the right capacitances are greater than the first reference capacitance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Hidekazu KANO, Hiroaki KITADA
  • Publication number: 20220312862
    Abstract: To provide a garment capable of suppressing a stuffy feeling and a hot feeling in the garment regardless of the presence or absence of air blowing from a blower fan, maintaining a comfortable environment in the garment, and having excellent wearing comfort, the garment includes a fabric mainly formed of hygroscopic fibers as constituent fibers, the fabric having air permeability of 45 cm3/cm2/s or less; and at least one air inlet for taking outside air into the garment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Hidekazu Kano, Shohei Tsuchiya, Shingo Takechi
  • Publication number: 20220300237
    Abstract: An electronic device is provided that includes a first display unit including a first display; a second display unit including a second display disposed on a side of the first display and being rotatable with respect to the first display unit about a rotation axis extending in a front-rear direction such that an angle formed by the first and displays change; an angle and angular velocity acquisition unit that acquires the angle formed by the first and second displays and angular velocity of the angle; and a control unit that, when a user rotates the second display unit with respect to the first display unit, determines whether a horizontal direction of a video to be displayed on the first and second displays is made to match a vertical direction or a left-right direction based on the angle and the angular velocity acquired by the acquisition unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Hidekazu KANO, Yoshihiko NISHIZAWA, Kentaro USUI
  • Publication number: 20220273053
    Abstract: A garment has excellent contact cold sensation and gives persistent contact cold sensation but also can reduce heatful feeling and is suitably wearable in wearing scenes such as offices and homes. The garment includes one or plural fans for taking external air into a space between the garment and the body. A fabric of the garment has a contact cold/warm sensation value Q-max of 0.30 W/cm2 or larger and a basis weight of 250 g/m2 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Kirita Sato, Hiroo Katsuta, Hidekazu Kano
  • Publication number: 20220225694
    Abstract: A fan unit for an air-conditioned garment, wherein the fan unit takes external air into an interspace between the garment and a wearer's body, the fan unit including: a fan that blows external air into the interior of the garment; a motor that rotates the fan; a battery that supplies power to the motor; a charging terminal for charging the battery; and a power switch to start and stop the fan unit, wherein the fan, the motor and the battery are housed in a casing, the casing has an air intake port that takes in external air, and an air blowing port that blows the taken-in external air into the interior of the garment, the charging terminal and the power switch are provided on the exterior of the casing, and the casing has a thickness of 5 to 30 mm in an axial direction of the fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Hiroo Katsuta, Kirita Sato, Hidekazu Kano, Hidetoshi Suzuki, Kazuya Fujita